The Senate has summoned the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, and the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, over the kidnap of 110 students of Government Girls Science Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State.
Idris and Buratai are expected to appear before the Joint Committee of the Senate on Police Affair, Security and Intelligence.
They will brief the committee on the strategies to be deployed to ensure the safe return of the girls.
The Senate expressed concern over the inability to rescue the girls since they were kidnapped by the terrorists group, Boko Haram.
The summon resulted from the adoption of a motion moved by Senator Binta Garba (APC, Adamawa State) during plenary to that effect.
Deputy Minority Whip, Biodun Olujimi, read the motion on behalf of Garba.
The motion was moved on the occasion of the International Women’s Day.
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Addressing the issue of women on the occasion of the commemoration, Garba said there was need to do everything possible to allow women access to good education and working environment.
Particularly, she said, they must be protected from violence whether in schools or at the work place.
Her words: “The implementation of policies that prohibit violence against women and girls and promote the girl-child education is still very poor.
“Practices such as violence against women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking, sexual and other types of exploitation, early child and forced marriage, female genital mutilation are still being practised.
“A pattern is gradually being established which clearly indicates that the objectives of the Boko Haram insurgents is to deprive young girls of school age from pursuing education.”
The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, who presided at the plenary agreed that women deserved to be celebrated in view of their uniqueness.
He added that they had achieved enough to be deserving of praises.
